El Pecos blast victim relives horror
It has been one week since El Pecos in Royal Palm Plaza, Maraval, exploded, and since then the victims affected by the blast have been struggling to come to terms with their traumatic experience. Noel...
View ArticleDespite cops’ threats DCP pledges safe Carnival
Despite threats from the Police Service Social and Welfare Association that its members intend to stay away from duty on Carnival Monday and Tuesday, the executive of the T&T Police Service is...
View Article‘Fed up’ cops face sedition charges
Attempts are being made by the State to charge several leading members of the associations representing arms of national security under the Sedition Act. Sources said yesterday that was one of the...
View ArticleFamily gets $1m
The State has been ordered to pay $1 million in compensation to the family of a maxi taxi operator who was killed when a branch from a tree fell on his car in D’Abadie two years ago. High Court Master...
View ArticleCabinet to get report on school bullying today
Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh is expected to report to Cabinet today on the issue of school bullying and resolutions to solve the problem. So said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the...
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Manning officially bows out of politics
Following is the letter, dated February 10, sent by former Prime Minister and San Fernando East Member of Parliament Patrick Manning to People's National Movement political leader Dr Keith Rowley. Dear...
View ArticleBoy, 14, arrested for rape of male cousin, 12
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttA 14-year-old South Oropouche school boy is in police custody after he allegedly raped his 12-year-old male cousin on two occasions.Police said the incidents happened at the...
View Article$4.5m cocaine haul in Trincity
Two men from Santa Cruz and Belmont were arrested on February 11, after they were held with pure cocaine with an estimated street value of $4.5 million.The men, 54 and 66, were travelling along Golden...
View ArticlePrivy Council overturns St Kitts and Nevis electoral boundary changes
Five British justices in London struck down a move by the government of St Kitts and Nevis to change the islands' electoral boundaries.The decision came on February 12, days before the country’s...
View ArticleUWI calls emergency meeting after female student attacked on hall
Claims of gender-based violence at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, Jamaica aren't going away.Last week, Campus Registrar Dr Camille Bell-Hutchinson disputed a study presented by...
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West under watch
President Anthony Carmona is awaiting advice from a Queen’s Counsel (QC) on the issue concerning the tenure of Police Complaints Authority director David West. Carmona’s communications officer Theron...
View ArticlePCA monitoring court matter
Police Complaints Authority director David West says it is monitoring the court matter involving the teenager who shot video footage of two special reserve police allegedly assaulting wheelchair-bound...
View ArticleAlfonso: Carnival security boosted
There will be more police officers and soldiers than last year on the streets of Port-of-Spain and other areas where Carnival celebrations are held, National Security Minister Carl Alfonso assured...
View ArticleInjured after ship explosion: It was always unsafe
The explosion that injured six men who were removing parts from a ship on the Port-of-Spain port was not the first technical problem the workers encountered. Yesterday T&T Guardian visited the...
View ArticleExecutive thinking of resigning
Members of the Media Association of T&T (MATT) executive are in talks on the future of that executive team and if they would continue in office, MATT vice-president Khamal Georges and floor member...
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Postal workers’ union threatens to take action
The T&T Postal Workers Union yesterday threatened to “take things up a notch” if the board of TTPost continued to drag their feet regarding outstanding salary negotiations for the period 2011 to...
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Wheelchair killer believed among six bodies found overnight
Relatives of murder victim Sherlene Mahangoo-Charles welcomed the news this morning of the discovery of a body believed to be Azad Ali, the wheelchair-bound person of interest in her murder probe.The...
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After collapse of MATT executive, regional body offers help
The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is offering to lend its regional strength to the T&T media association (Matt), after the collapse of its executive.ACM General Secretary Wesley...
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Firefighters seek ‘bligh’ from NP
The operation of the Fire Services can be severely hampered over the Carnival weekend as the late payment of a fuel bill to National Petroleum has led to a fuel shortage in three divisions. The...
View ArticleWest issue still hot as LATT exec’s term ends
The term of the Law Association’s Council (LATT) is ending this week and elections are due next month, Law Association member Attorney Wayne Sturge said yesterday. As such, the body may wait until a...
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